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The prime-time radio show of former Jeffco gadfly Mike Zinna went off the air Sept. 3, when the station’s owners changed its format from talk to ’70s and ’80s rhythm and blues. An announcement came only minutes before the scheduled airtime of “The Zinna Show,” which had been moved in recent weeks to the coveted 4-to-7-p.m. drive-time slot. “That’s radio. … The decision came literally about 10 minutes before airtime,” Zinna said.

A controversial foothills housing development won final approval Sept. 7 for 230 upscale homes directly west of the Hogback.

The Jeffco Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve two separate plats for the Lyons Ridge development, the former location of Colorado Christian University. Though the school currently owns the land, the application was made by Shea Homes, a company notable for its development of much of Highlands Ranch.

People in civilized societies understand that we have collective needs that can be met only through the coordinated efforts of citizens. Many of those collective needs are met through the activities of governments. We expect our federal, state, local and special-district governments to do things that it makes no sense to do individually. We drive on public roads. We get water and dispose of wastewater through governmentally owned utilities. We educate our children in public schools. We protect our homes and businesses through governmental fire departments.

Jeffco Public Schools could be turning to voters as early as next year for a tax increase to offset recent declines in state funding.

A citizen panel tasked with evaluating community support presented the school board Sept. 2 with a tentative plan for a bond issue and mill-levy increase. The panel said about $500,000 in private funding would be needed for the campaign to win approval for the measures.

Anyone wanting to join metro area firefighters in honoring those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, can climb the stairs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison and at the same time raise money for a good cause.

“It’s been nine years,” said Shawn Duncan, a coordinator of the Red Rocks stair-climb. “People are forgetting and moving on.”